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Oct 23, 2009 2:48 pm US/Mountain Grizzly Shot In NW Wyo. Was Cub Of
Famed BearJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- Biologists have confirmed that a female
grizzly bear killed by a hunter last month in northwest Wyoming was
from a well-known Grand Teton National Park bear family.
Park officials say genetic testing confirmed the dead grizzly was one
of three offspring of a bear known as number 399.
Bear 399 raised her three cubs by the roadside near Jackson Lake Lodge
in 2006-08, gaining some measure of fame among locals and tourists.
Authorities say Stephen Westmoreland, of Teton Village, shot one of
its cubs on Sept. 19 from 40 yards away while he was helping carry a
deer his hunting partner shot in Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Authorities have charged Westmoreland with taking a grizzly bear
without a license after investigators said the shooting was not done
in self-defense.
Westmoreland's attorney, David DeFazio, of Jackson, was out of the
state and not available for comment Friday. There is no internet
telephone listing for Westmoreland.
According to a Wyoming Game and Fish report, Westmoreland was walking
along the trail in a 3-acre meadow when the bear appeared scavenging a
moose carcass left behind by another hunter.
Westmoreland was armed with a rifle and a pistol but was not carrying
bear pepper spray. He shot the bear with the rifle from about 40 yards
as the bear dropped to all fours and faced him, according to Game and
Fish. The bear was shot first through the chest and then in the mid-
body area on its left side. The bear died five feet from the moose
carcass, according to the report.
Westmoreland reported the incident himself, saying he feared the bear
would attack him because he was covered in animal blood after gutting
a deer.
Grand Teton senior wildlife biologist Steve Cain said the 3-year-old
female bear was habituated to people but had never become conditioned
to human food.
"(She) had not been involved in any conflicts," he said. "The science
indicates that bears that are habituated to people are less likely to
act aggressively toward people."
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headline:
Bear truths, laid bare - for the time being
By Elissa Ely
October 25, 2009
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E-mail|Print|Reprints|Yahoo! Buzz|ShareThisText size - + IT IS hard to
know, when you are visiting the Rockies, whether you want more
fervently to see a grizzly bear or not to see a grizzly bear. The Park
Service understands this. At the entrance gate, they offer a factual
pamphlet on the topic: "Bears and People.'' We took two copies with
relief.
It was full of drawings: baby grizzlies following mamas, solitary
grizzles, grizzlies in streams, and one grizzly rearing up, his claws
held in front of him in a kung fu gesture. It was also full of facts.
Much of it was written from the bear's perspective. We think too much
of ourselves in the urban world, and need to be lifted out of the
center of the universe now and then. We don't stop to consider that
grizzly bears consume up to 35,000 calories daily, have the lowest
reproductive rate of any mammals in North America, run as fast as
racehorses, and roam territory as vast as Vancouver.
The back of the pamphlet, six fold-out pages, was devoted entirely to
coping with a grizzly encounter. It began by distinguishing between an
encounter and an attack. Knowing this guides response, just like
diagnosis guides treatment. If you encounter a grizzly bear, you
should handle it in the same way emergency psychiatry texts advise
handling an acutely paranoid patient: leave distance, allow an escape
route (for the bear), and speak firmly. "It's difficult but important
to remain calm,'' the pamphlet says. Experts in all fields agree. ...
(cont)
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headline:
Grizzly bear killed by hunters in front of 'disgusted' wildlife
watchers in Alaska
October 7, 2009 | 10:37 am
Hunters in Alaska appear to have exercised extremely poor judgment by
shooting and killing a grizzly bear alongside Alaska's Kenai River in
full view of wildlife watchers.
A lengthy account of the incident was posted today on the Redoubt
Reporter website.
According to an eyewitness, about a dozen people were watching the
bear swimming and fishing from various points on Sterling Highway.
After a while, two men got out of a car wearing camouflage clothing
and carrying rifles. They proceeded toward the bear.
Pamela Locke told the Redoubt Reporter: "The lady walking with me
stopped them and said, 'You're not going to shoot that bear, are you?'
They were kind of smiling and laughing and said, 'Yeah, we are, if it
crosses the highway.' And she said, 'You've got to be kidding me.'"
Locke said the men shot the bear after it had crossed the highway,
into legal hunting territory, as it was fleeing up a hillside. Hunting
from or even close to highways is illegal, and the case is under
investigation.
Larry Lewis, a wildlife technician with the Alaska Department of Fish
& Game, said it is not illegal to shoot in front of other people, but
he implied this seems to have been a clear violation of hunter ethics.
"In our hunter education program and in our general dealings with
hunters, we try to discourage people from taking game in a manner that
can disturb others," said Lewis, who is also president of the Kenai
Peninsula Chapter of Safari Club International. ... (cont) |
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